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Obama Administration Losing 88% of HHS Mandate Cases in Light of New Victories

Posted by Matt Yonke (January 2, 2014 at 4:44 pm)

Justice Sonia SotomayorOver the Christmas holidays, several new breakthroughs emerged in the legal challenges against President Obama’s HHS Mandate.

First, and most notably, on New Year’s Eve Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted a preliminary injunction against the Mandate to the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of Catholic nuns who minister to the elderly. The sisters had appealed a lower court’s decision denying them injunctive relief, so it was a great boon to see Justice Sotomayor reverse that ruling.

Next, Stand Up Coalition members Priests for Life were also granted injunctive relief in their suit against the Mandate, along with other similar groups that are obviously religious, but whose main mission is not providing religious services, like Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic liberal arts college in California.

Looking at the overall legal landscape, TownHall.com reports that the Obama administration is losing a whopping 88% of the cases challenging the HHS Mandate right now, which is fantastic news!

And in other good signs, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards is furious over Sotomayor’s decision to grant the sisters an injunction! Though the abortion giant praised her vociferously when she was appointed, Richards was quoted pouting about the recent decision:

Religiously affiliated organizations, including the two that filed this emergency appeal at the Supreme Court, are already able to get an exemption so that they aren’t paying for or administrating coverage of birth control if it violates their religious mission. This exemption ensures that women can get access to affordable birth control no matter where their work, while also addressing the concerns of religiously affiliated organizations.

Apparently Sotomayor, so roundly praised by the left as a “wise Latina”, doesn’t see it quite that way, Cecile!

As more Mandate news pours in, the Stand Up Coalition will deliver it to you right here, so check back often for updates.

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2 Responses to “Obama Administration Losing 88% of HHS Mandate Cases in Light of New Victories”

  1. Christine Torres says:

    OBAMACARE HAS KICKED IN. WE ARE FORCED TO NOW PAY FOR CONTRACEPTIVES, ABORTAFACIENTS, STERILIZATIONS, AND THE FUNDING OF ABORTION IN MOST STATE HEALTH EXCHANGES OR FACE CRIPPLING DRACONIAN FINES. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION! I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO, AND THRU FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ETC.,WE CAN WE ORGANIZE A HUGE RALLY IN D.C.,IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SUPREME COURT.

    CHRISTINE TORRES
    CO-CAPTAIN
    FT. LAUDERDALE, MIAMI

    January 6th, 2014 at 11:45 am
  2. limapie says:

    Just wanted to add, that the Little Sisters are objecting to having their signature forced onto government supplied documents, in order to obtain exemption from bankruptcy- causing penalties. The document is a permission slip of sorts. The Sisters are being coerced to sign, and thus coerced to give permission for someone else to commit an immoral act on their behalf.

    This case is about when, where, and how an American has control over their own signature, as well, as about being pushed into immorality.

    February 2nd, 2014 at 4:33 pm